To start off, this is not a Toyota bash thread so lets not go down that road.
Many of our family members traveled from various locations to TN this past week for a wedding. On the drive to TN, one of my family members text me and said the check engine light came on on her 2018 Corolla that she just purchased not even a month ago. She isn't very mechanically inclined so I asked if the car was driving normal and it appeared to be so I wasn't that concerned and thought it was likely a sensor or something emissions related and wouldn't be a big deal.
She ended up finishing up the drive and had the nearest Toyota dealer check it out the next day. The dealer told her it appeared to be a bad tank of gas and they would drain the tank, use a few additives and get her back on the road to the tune of $600!!! She declined (thankfully) and left the dealer.
We all began preparing the drive home and she let the tank run low and filled back up with fresh gas in hopes that there would be no more issues, by this time the check engine light has turned OFF. Well earlier today I get a text saying she is broke down in middle of nowhere waiting on a tow truck to take the car to the nearest Toyota dealer. She said the check engine light began flashing and the car started slowing down (unable to accelerate).
She was able to make it to a gas station and park the car thankfully.
I did some quick googling and I don't see any sort of widespread issues describing this issue, in fact there are hardly any widespread issues at all with this model. What do you all think? Unfortunately she and her sister are now stuck hours away from home without a car. Hopefully this dealer will take care of this issue, whatever it may be.
Just felt like sharing.
Many of our family members traveled from various locations to TN this past week for a wedding. On the drive to TN, one of my family members text me and said the check engine light came on on her 2018 Corolla that she just purchased not even a month ago. She isn't very mechanically inclined so I asked if the car was driving normal and it appeared to be so I wasn't that concerned and thought it was likely a sensor or something emissions related and wouldn't be a big deal.
She ended up finishing up the drive and had the nearest Toyota dealer check it out the next day. The dealer told her it appeared to be a bad tank of gas and they would drain the tank, use a few additives and get her back on the road to the tune of $600!!! She declined (thankfully) and left the dealer.
We all began preparing the drive home and she let the tank run low and filled back up with fresh gas in hopes that there would be no more issues, by this time the check engine light has turned OFF. Well earlier today I get a text saying she is broke down in middle of nowhere waiting on a tow truck to take the car to the nearest Toyota dealer. She said the check engine light began flashing and the car started slowing down (unable to accelerate).
She was able to make it to a gas station and park the car thankfully.
I did some quick googling and I don't see any sort of widespread issues describing this issue, in fact there are hardly any widespread issues at all with this model. What do you all think? Unfortunately she and her sister are now stuck hours away from home without a car. Hopefully this dealer will take care of this issue, whatever it may be.
Just felt like sharing.